{"product_id":"light-eaters-how-the-unseen-world-of-plant-intelligence-offers-a-new-understanding-of-life-on-earth","title":"The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2024 \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e TIME's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine's 10 Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Washington Post's \u003c\/i\u003e50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Science Books of the Year \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e A Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, Scientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly -\u003c\/i\u003e An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Prize \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Chautauqua Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Finalist for the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A masterpiece of science writing.\" --Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mesmerizing, world-expanding, and achingly beautiful.\" --Ed Yong, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rich, vital, and full of surprises. Read it!\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Kolbert, author of \u003ci\u003eUnder a White Sky \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Extinction \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of natural history and popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom, \"destabilizing not just how we see the green things of the world but also our place in the hierarchy of beings, and maybe the notion of that hierarchy itself.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes tremendous biological creativity to be a plant. To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. In recent years, scientists have learned about their ability to communicate, recognize their kin and behave socially, hear sounds, morph their bodies to blend into their surroundings, store useful memories that inform their life cycle, and trick animals into behaving to their benefit--a fascinating display of plant behavior and sensory abilities, to name just a few remarkable talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Light Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e is a deep immersion into the drama of green life and the complexity of this wild and awe-inspiring world that challenges our very understanding of agency, consciousness, and intelligence. In this captivating exploration of plant intelligence, we see that plants, rather than imitate human intelligence, have perhaps formed a parallel system. What is intelligent life if not a vine that grows leaves to blend into the shrub on which it climbs, a flower that shapes its bloom to fit exactly the beak of its pollinator, a pea seedling that can hear water flowing and make its way toward it? Zoë Schlanger takes us across the globe, digging into her own memories and into the soil with the scientists who have spent their waking days studying these amazing entities up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can we learn about life on Earth from the living things that thrive, adapt, consume, and accommodate simultaneously? More important, what do we owe these life forms once we come to understand their rich and varied abilities? Examining the latest epiphanies in botanical research, Schlanger spotlights the intellectual struggles among the researchers conceiving a wholly new view of their subject, offering a glimpse of a field in turmoil as plant scientists debate the tenets of ongoing discoveries and how insights into plant communication influence our understanding of what a plant is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe need plants to survive. But what do they need us for--if at all? An eye-opening and informative look at the ecosystem we live in, this book challenges us to rethink the role of plants--and our own place--in the natural world, tackling the enthralling question of plant consciousness along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41926225100885,"sku":"9780063073852","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/0211\/1317\/files\/imageloader_27429c4d-0ba8-4a32-8142-3a125d23f5ac.jpg?v=1764622605","url":"https:\/\/shopchapterbookstores.com\/products\/light-eaters-how-the-unseen-world-of-plant-intelligence-offers-a-new-understanding-of-life-on-earth","provider":"Chapter One","version":"1.0","type":"link"}